Friday, August 13, 2010

#1272 Layla, “Dead” Girl On Google Street View, Consolation, Flight Joke

Show 1272 Friday 13 August
Watch today's show at YouTube or BlipTV.

Hi, I’m Sarah, welcome to The Daily English Show.

Today’s song is Layla.

Layla was released in 1970 by a band which Eric Clapton was in at the time called Derek and the Dominos.

It’s pretty famous song and I think the story behind it is interesting.

Eric Clapton was friends with George Harrison from the Beatles and Eric Clapton fell in love with George Harrison’s wife, her name was Pattie Boyd. And he wrote this song about his love for her.

And the title is from a story about a princess who was “married off by her father to someone other than the one who was desperately in love with her”.

So this song is about Eric Clapton’s unrequited love for Pattie Boyd.

Unrequited love is when you love someone but they don’t love you back.
And in the song he begs for her love basically.

He says:
Please don't say we'll never find a way
Or tell me all my love's in vain

In vain is an idiom which means without success.

For example: He tried in vain to persuade her to go with him.




STICK NEWS


A nine-year-old was playing in the street and decided to play dead as a prank on her friend.
When she was lying face down on the pavement, the Google car drove past and now she’s on Google Street view.
Apparently some people thought it was a dead body and called the police.

And that was Stick News for Friday the 13th of August.
Kia ora.


he he he




Oh, a dead body. You don't see those very often!


gasp!
Should we call the police?!
Nah, I'm sure they would've removed the body already.



Word of the Day

Today’s word is consolation.

comfort received by someone after a loss or disappointment

This is from the song:

Tried to give you consolation
Your old man let you down
Like a fool, I fell in love with you
You turned my whole world upside down

Old man means father.
And to let someone down means: to fail to help or support sb as they had hoped or expected.

So I guess this is referring to the story of Layla - how the princess’s father made her marry the wrong guy.



friday joke


Can you tell me how long it’ll take to fly from London to Paris?
Just a minute.

Thank you.



conversations with sarah
#814 So they never got together?

Step 1: Repeat Derek’s lines.
Step 2: Read Derek’s lines and talk to Sarah.

Derek Did Pattie ever find out the song was about her?

Sarah Yeah. Eric told her.

Derek When she was still married?

Sarah Yeah.

Derek What happened?

Sarah Apparently it caused some problems. But she stayed married.

Derek So they never got together?

Sarah No, they did get together actually. Pattie got divorced from George Harrison several years later and then got married to Eric Clapton.

Derek Really?

Sarah Yeah. And apparently George Harrison came to the wedding.




Layla by Derek and the Dominos - Lyrics

What will you do when you get lonely
No one is waiting by your side?
You've been running and hiding much too long
You know it's just your foolish pride

Layla, you got me on my knees
Layla, I'm begging darlin' please
Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind?

Tried to give you consolation
Your old man let you down
Like a fool, I fell in love with you
You turned my whole world upside down

Layla, you got me on my knees
Layla, I'm begging darlin' please
Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind?

Make the best of the situation
Before I finally go insane
Please don't say we'll never find a way
Or tell me all my love's in vain

Layla, you got me on my knees
Layla, I'm begging darlin' please
Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind?

Layla, you got me on my knees
Layla, I'm begging darlin' please
Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind?


links


music

show start
artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: Future Cha Cha
from: Brooklyn, NY, United States
artist site

WOD start
artist: DJ iPep's
album: Home Mix 2007
track: Game Toy
from: EVREUX, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

friday joke start
artist: AdHoc
album: Toutes directions
track: Sumbala
from: Annecy, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

cws start
artist: Kevin MacLeod
track: The Jazz Woman
from: Brooklyn, NY, United States
artist site

qa start
artist: ioeo
album: triptracks
track: triptrack2
from: Saint Raphael, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site

qa bgm
artist:
HiFi Hustlers
album:
Blagging It EP
track:
thirteen
from: San Francisco, United States

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